Trong
told them that his visit, at the invitation of President Joko Widodo, aims to
reach consensus on orientations to further deepening bilateral strategic
partnership and strengthening political trust.

Mangindaan
affirmed that Indonesia always treasures ties with Vietnam for the benefit of
the two peoples and believed that the visit would promote bilateral links
across politics, national defence-security, economy, trade, investment,
culture, education, tourism, people-to-people exchange and cooperation between
localities.

Both
sides expressed wish that the two legislatures would actively contribute to
Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership via building legal documents and
issuing favourable mechanisms for the two countries’ economy, trade and
investment.

They
agreed that the Vietnamese National Assembly and the People’s Consultative
Assembly of Indonesia should facilitate visits by their senior leaders and
officials, regularly share information and offer mutual support at regional and
global parliamentary forums such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary
Forum (APFF).

Hosts and guest committed to pushing forward practical
and effective strategic partnership, working closely together at regional and
global forums, including strengthening solidarity, unity and maintaining
ASEAN’s central role in regional architectures.-VNA